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All too often, we hear of people needing to upgrading the heating system for a small space in their older home, yet postponing the project over and over for fear of the cost. Older homes often times don’t have the necessary heating ducts needed to install a traditional forced air system, and installing these ducts is very expensive. However, there is a very cost effective and efficient solution to this problem.
It’s just situations like these that electric radiant heat systems are great, and very cost-effective, solutions for smaller spaces (1-5 rooms). You’ll be surprised to learn how easy to install they are, and also have a very low start-up cost. An electric thermostat is all that is required and costs only about $100-$200.
Another advantage of electric radiant heating over a traditional warm-water heating system is the floor build up or height. Floor build up can be from as little as 2mm. The electric cables are usually installed onto an insulation board or directly onto the subfloor or padding (under carpet or laminate), then the floor covering is placed directly over the heating system or thinset.
Electric Radiant Heat Tip: Warm up times for electric radiant heat systems are generally a lot quicker than “wet” systems because the cables are installed directly below the finished flooring making it a direct acting heat source rather than a storage heater.

Just think of how many bedroom slippers are given as gifts each holiday season — probably enough to fill Yankee Stadium twice over. This year, though, we bet that many of those gift slippers will not be needed any more, with more homes installing radiant floor heating and keeping thousands of pairs of feet warm.
A comparison of radiant floor heating to forced air is a car that has heated seats and a forced air heater/furnace. The forced air in a car can dry you out and can become uncomfortable and is difficult to dial in because of the heat loss due to its air delivery. A heated seat will provide you with quick results and will remain warm long after it is reduced or turned completely off. The heated seat actually warms your body and the car seat, not the air. Forced air will over time will inefficiently heat objects but with the negative side effects of dry air, dust and pollen.
The silent operation of a radiant floor heating system free from drafts or flying dust particles is why these systems are becoming so popular. Many homeowners are searching for ways in which they can create a more comfortable, efficient, and healthier atmosphere in their homes. Radiant floor heating accomplishes each of those goals.
Radiant Floor Heating Tip: If you’ve never experienced the warmth and comfort of radiant floor heating, you’re definitely missing out on one of the finer things in life.

Radiant heating is a triple threat: Comfort, efficiency, and diversity, all in one. Not only is radiant heating is one of the most comfortable ways to heat your home, but radiant heaters also offer a diversity of applications. Radiant heaters can be used in a number of applications in residential homes or businesses, including Tiled areas, with H\hardwood flooring, carpeted areas, and even cement floors (such as in basements, garages, or even heated driveways or sidewalks).
Radiant heaters are a type of heater that warms objects instead of air. Radiant heat uses objects, such as the floor, to heat a home. The air in the room is warmed when it comes into contact with the warmed objects. Heat loss is reduced and the radiant heat remains in the lower part of the room, warmer near feet level and slightly less so at head level, creating the perfect climate for comfort. Seeing (or, rather, feeling) is believing.
If you don’t know much about radiant heat, we think you’ll definitely find it worthwhile to check out further. Whether you’re building a new home or updating your current home, you owe it to yourself to check out the comfort that radiant heat has to offer.
Radiant heating is a triple threat: Comfort, efficiency, and diversity, all in one. Not only is radiant heating is one of the most comfortable ways to heat your home, but radiant heaters also offer a diversity of applications. Radiant heaters can be used in a number of applications in residential homes or businesses, including Tiled areas, with H\hardwood flooring, carpeted areas, and even cement floors (such as in basements, garages, or even driveways or sidewalks).
Radiant heaters are a type of heater that warms objects instead of air. Radiant heat uses objects, such as the floor, to heat a home. The air in the room is warmed when it comes into contact with the warmed objects. Heat loss is reduced and the radiant heat remains in the lower part of the room, warmer near feet level and slightly less so at head level, creating the perfect climate for comfort. Seeing (or, rather, feeling) is believing.
If you don’t know much about radiant heat, we think you’ll definitely find it worthwhile to check out further. Whether you’re building a new home or updating your current home, you owe it to yourself to check out the comfort that radiant heat has to offer.
Radiant Heaters Tip: Radiant heaters help to keep the whole house at a more constant temperature.
: Radiant heaters help to keep the whole house at a more constant temperature.

When my wife and I were house-hunting, it seems like every other house we looked at either needed an upgraded home heating systems or a new roof. With that in mind, my wife and I did a great deal of research into the many options available to homeowners needing to replace a heating system.
A boiler works by heating hot water and then distributing it to radiators, baseboard units or radiant heat tubes that can be placed under the floor. Though not as popular as furnaces, a boiler heating system can be very efficient and makes an excellent choice if you do not need central air.
A furnace – powered by gas, electricity, oil or propane — uses a fan to drive hot air through your ductwork and into your home. The biggest issue with these types of forced air heating systems is their decreased efficiency.
Alternative heating systems are quickly becoming more common, including radiant baseboards, radiant floor heating systems and even radiant ceiling heaters. Many of these new heating systems are using electricity instead of natural gas or heating oil. Not only does this cut down on heating costs, but it is also more efficient and eco-friendly as well. Radiant heating systems are quickly replacing traditional furnaces.
Heating Systems Tip: Hydronic under floor heating systems are some of the most popular forms of radiant heat.

If you were to poll homeowners who use electric radiant heat in their homes, among the users’ favorite benefits to this heating system would likely be amazing comfort. Doesn’t seem important to you? Well, have you ever noticed during the winter how your feet can be icy cold, while you’re upper body and head are sweating? This is because traditional forced air heating puts the heat in the air, which rises to our head level. This leaves the air at our feet cold, and the air at our head hot.
This is really not optimal, because our upper body and head areas are generally hot due to the fact that this is where the majority of our body heat escapes. Having electric radiant heat in the floor increases our comfort by bringing the heat to our feet, which leaves the air at head level cooler. This scenario creates the perfect level of comfort.
Electric radiant heat is a unique transfer of energy that naturally searches out colder objects to warm. Instead of rising like warm air, radiant heat starts by warming the coldest and closest objects from its source. This is why radiant heating systems are generally placed under floors – either during construction or even later during a remodeling.
Electric Radiant Heat Tip: Radiant floor heat combined with the proper fuel, a high efficiency heat source and good building practices will give you dramatic fuel savings and a greater level of comfort over any other system. Your electric radiant system could use 30% less fuel than the average new forced air heating system. Installing a high efficiency air conditioning system will result in dramatic energy savings year-round.

Once upon a time, they were high luxury items seen only in high-end decorating magazines, television shows with tours of millionaires’ homes, and ultra-exclusive resort hotels overseas, but more and more today, towel warmers are an affordable and comfortable touch to add to residential bathrooms. Towel warmers not only warm and dry your towels, but they can also heat your entire bathroom. Now you can enjoy the comfort and style that Europeans have been enjoying for years using these heating systems.
Towel warmers, such as Zehnder bathroom radiators, provide an even and safe radiant heat source with the added benefit of warming and drying towels. The exquisite design of today’s modern towel warmers will add both beauty and warmth to your home’s bathroom.
With new heating systems becoming more available to homeowners today, you too could enjoy a little luxury like a toasty warm towel in your home bathroom.
Heating Systems Tip: Many American interior designers and builders are adopting electric heating systems as fashionable and luxurious accessories to bathrooms, basements and home offices. Take a cue from these experts in home comforts and consider all of your options on the market today for your primary and secondary heating solutions.